Swinger

LE

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.

LE

Well, the point is, what is a 'proper' RS6 going to cost (the estate version) when it has that mileage on the clock? I reckon it'll be around that or less.

A sweet rig she may be, but, and I LOVE Audi cars, I'm looking at that car and thinking 'looks a bit boring, it's a horrible colour, it's not that fast from the factory, it's not built from the ground up to go that fast etc etc etc' and it's an awful lot of wedge.

Me dad spent Â£80,000 turning a perfectly harmless (secondhand) Jaguar XJS into a 7ltr Lister monster with 604bhp to play with. As nice as the stats and engine sounded, and as nicely as it drove, it was still a butchered Jag at heart, and still couldn't go round/accelerate around corners quickly.

Am I being picky? Yup, I haven't got 15k to spend on a butchered estate car.

Edited to add:

Sorry buddy - but on Pistonheads (great site), there's two or three RS6 cars with approx 50k mileage going for the same price.

I rest my case.

Mugello Blue, Nappa Leather Recaro Seats. Full Audi Service History, including Cam Belt Change at 44000 miles. Last Service at 50000 miles. Tracker. Private Number Plate. 4 New Pirelli P-Zero Tyres at 50000 Miles. Looks and Drives like Brand New.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.

LE

Not half as optimistic as this geezer and his tarted up B7 RS4, not a special edition as he claims. Has been on sale for about a year now and was originally listed at Â£54995 and it's still about Â£20k overpriced!

Swinger

LE

OK, I take some of it back - it sure sounds interesting in a 'I've got a pimped up Triumph Stag' sort of way.

You've got a nice motor.

It's alright if I want a collector's car, but if it's the proper performance for my money I want, then I'll simply buy what the 80 RS2 was a test-bed for - the RS4, RS6 and RS8. All for the same money, but a lot newer, a lot faster and a lot better.

Pistonheads said:

The RS2 is a unique experience. Not as polished as todayâs super-fast German estates, and almost a crude test bed for the concept, but it works exceptionally well.

I'm pretty sure that this car can only increase in value if wrapped up in greased paper and put in a garage for 30 years, but it is just a collector's car.

Thanks for the heads up though.

Adam Smith - 1776 said:

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.